diff --git a/package/ipmiutil/ipmiutil.mk b/package/ipmiutil/ipmiutil.mk
index 4c9de26583..97a644e314 100644
--- a/package/ipmiutil/ipmiutil.mk
+++ b/package/ipmiutil/ipmiutil.mk
@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@ define IPMIUTIL_TOUCH_CONFIG_H_IN
 endef
 IPMIUTIL_PRE_CONFIGURE_HOOKS += IPMIUTIL_TOUCH_CONFIG_H_IN
 
-# forgets to link against libcrypto dependencies breaking static link
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL)x$(BR2_STATIC_LIBS),yx)
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL),y)
 # tests against distro libcrypto so it might get a false positive when
 # the openssl version is old, so force it off
 # SKIP_MD2 can be used only if ALLOW_GNU is defined.